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Innovate for Life Fund Welcomes its First Group of Young Entrepreneurs
Amref Health Africa and Grassroots Business Fund (GBF) hosted the first group of young entrepreneurs selected to join the ‘Innovate for Life Fund accelerator’ in Nairobi, Kenya, on 25-29 September 2017. The chosen innovators come from three different countries: Kenya (2), Ghana (1) and Nigeria (3). The event was the first of the three-month accelerator programme for health care entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Welcoming the young innovators to the event, Dr Githinji Gitahi, GCEO of Amref Health Africa, congratulated them for being among the top six and promised to give them acc
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M-PESA Foundation visits Mothers in Samburu County under the Uzazi Salama project
Representatives from M-PESA Foundation, led by the Executive Director, Les Baillie, joined mothers, women and girls in celebrating International Day of the Girl in Samburu County, Kenya. M-PESA Foundation currently funds the Uzazi Salama project, a maternal and child health project, within the county. As part of the celebrations, the team visited Lolmolog Dispensary to interact with beneficiaries of the project.
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Amref Hosts First Ladies to Amref at 60 Dinner
Governors’ wives pledge to make health a priority in their counties
Amref Health Africa in Kenya last night hosted the First Ladies of the County Governments of Kenya to a gala dinner in celebration of the organisation’s 60th anniversary at the Enashipai Resort in Naivasha, where the governors’ spouses have been meeting this week. Dr Meshack Ndirangu, Country Director of Amref Health Africa in Kenya, challenged the First Ladies to use their positions to influence improvement of health care in their counties, in particular through promoting (Read More -
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Outstanding year 1 results for the Heroes For Change Programme
On October 13, 2017, Amref Health Africa, Unilever, UNFPA and SightSavers celebrated outstanding programme results and acknowledged the efforts of student voluntee
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Italian donors visit Integrated Nutrition project in Siaya County
A team of Italian donors has described a charity trip to Amref Health Africa’s Integrated Nutrition project in Siaya County in Kenya as ‘completely life-changing’. The donors, Sonia Badoni, Massimiliano Gaddini and Caterina Rochetti exuded confidence on how Amref staff displayed their commitment towards making the project succeed. The team, accompanied by two representatives from Amref Health Africa in Italy, Serena Gentile and Silvia Carbutti were on a mission to assess the impact of the project which is funded by the European Union through Amref Health Africa in Italy. Caterin
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670,000 for Hypertension Screening as New Partner Enters Nakuru
For KES. 200.00, patients in 15 health facilities in Nakuru County will walk away with a month’s worth of medicines for treatment and control of hypertension. The package, which would otherwise cost thousands of shillings, comes courtesy of Healthy Heart Africa (HHA), an innovative Programme of AstraZeneca plc; an Anglo-Swedish Bio-Pharmaceutical multinational company based in Cambri
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Push to accelerate cancer care in Africa gains steam at UNGA side-meeting
There is an urgent need to accelerate cancer care in Africa, a panel of global cancer experts told participants at a side-meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, U.S. Organised by Amref Health Africa, Takeda and the Cancer Alliance, the event called “Accelerating Cancer Care in Africa” drew the attendance of key stakeholders, including high-level representatives from the office of Her Excellency Madam Roman Tesfaye, the First Lady of Ethiopia and President of the Organization of African First Ladies (OAFLA). The First Lady was represented by Mr. Meskel
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Zambia embraces technology to increase health worker numbers
Nairobi, September 14, 2017 Song, dance and colour filled the Levi Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola town today as thousands of people turned up to witness the 41st Combined Graduation Ceremony for registered nurses and midwives in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. A total of 1,039 students from 10 health training institutions received diplomas in nursing and certificates in midwifery at the largest ever graduation of health workers in the region. The event was also exceptional because among the graduates was the first group of 67 eLearning registered nurse students in the countr
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